Shot a magazine spread on Richmond’s old haunted spots.

Main Street Station, Richmond, Virginia

St. John's Church Graveyard, Richmond, Virginia

Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia

Shot a couple portraits last month, for Richmond Magazine’s Theresa Pollack Awards.

Pollack Recipient for Filmmaking, Robert Griffith

Pollack Recipient for Fine Art, Pam Anderson

No cash for this clunker, it’s still too awesome.

I shot a magazine assignment last month about local farmers markets, which seem to be popping up everywhere.  I think this rise in popularity is a good thing, considering the impact they have on the local economy. Nowadays we should try to carry this over to all of the products we buy. I recently read an article that really states the facts, and this was from 2007, BEFORE what began happening with the economy this year.

Here’s an excerpt  from that article: A 2002 Economic Impact Analysis in Austin, Texas, was one of the first major studies to examine the impact of shopping at local businesses versus national chains. It found that for every $100 spent at a local bookstore or CD store, $45 stayed in the local economy. For every $100 spent at Borders, however, the local economic impact was only $13. A study in Maine the following year yielded similar results: Shopping local kept three times more money in the local economy than shopping at chains. The studies cite several reasons for this. Proportionally, local merchants tend to employ more local labor and buy more local goods than national competitors, which operate from remote headquarters. Local business owners keep their profits in state, and contribute more to local and state taxes. Local businesses are also more likely to promote local artists and authors.

Anyway, I thought I’d share a few images. These are all from the local farmer’s markets around Richmond. (Byrd House Market, Shockoe Bottom Market, and The Bryant Park Market)

I have been shooting so much with my iphone lately that I decided this weekend to do a new section on my main website soon that is just devoted to shots taken with the phone.

There is something about this camera that I have fallen in love with. I don’t know what it is exactly. It sort of takes me back to the days of film and polaroid, trying to exclusively use view cameras and the constant search for the right screwed up lens that made a beautiful image with all its imperfections. Those days are long gone for me, although greatly missed. Don’t get me wrong. I have pretty awesome gear now, but I spent a lot of time messing up the images I take with the great glass of today’s cameras just to try to acheive that look. Let’s be honest, I wouldn’t call these 3 megapixel images great quality, but it’s now something that excites me. The trick will be now to find a client brave enough to let me shoot a job with it.

Now, for the new gallery on the site, the rules are simple:  No editing in any program  other than the software that exists on the phone, that means no photoshop, no lightroom, no anything that is not on my phone. Here’s a sneak peak at a new series I have been working on. I still have lots more that I want to shoot, but here are a few selects.

New section on the main site will be up soon.

I went to a friend’s birthday party last weekend. Spent some time shooting pictures with the iphone, which I seem to do a lot these days.
What’s interesting is the fact I used other people’s cell phones as the lighting. Came out pretty spooky.
I processed this group in an app called ShakeItPhoto, an old-school polaroid app.

For those interested, I am using several iphone camera apps these days. It’s amazing what you can do with these alone, no other processing.

Camera Bag, emulates a few different things.
ToyCamera, toy camera type app.
ShakeItPhoto, polaroid app.
Photogene, mini photoshop like app.

Lot’s of cool stuff out there, so get out and shoot.

Welcome to Bodacious, a 3 day four wheel drive festival four times a year in rural Columbia, Virginia. Having heard about it for years, I finally made it this year.

This is the type of place that I believe the spectators and participants wouldn’t be offended to be called rednecks. They probably would actually be quite proud.  I didn’t see any need to test the theory though. Just a bunch of good ol’ boys doing what they do best.

Here are a few images from the weekend.

Dirt Track Racing

Drag Racin'

4 wheeler racing

The racer from the previous image. This guy DOMINATED the field.

Family outing.

Washing up after the mud bog.

Dirt Track Racer, relaxing after his win in his race class.